Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1907 - 1909

This postcard was made in 1907 by N.J. Singels, it's basically a found surface, right? With lines already printed on it, a kind of readymade, and then inscribed with layers of ink. What interests me is the intersection of the mechanical and the personal. The printed lines and stamps provide a rigid structure, but the handwriting, with its loops and flourishes, pushes against this order. It reminds me of Cy Twombly in a way, the way he layered scrawls over a grid, creating a kind of beautiful, chaotic harmony. Look at the way the ink pools and feathers in places, giving the letters a palpable, almost sculptural presence. You can see the history of the object, the marks of its journey through the postal system. It’s a document of a specific moment in time, but it also speaks to something timeless about human communication and connection. Ultimately, art is a form of conversation, an ongoing exchange of ideas across time, where meaning is always shifting.